Fetal autoimmune myocarditis and complete heart block – a case report

Julia Murlewska; Magdalena Szlagor; Maria Respondek-Liberska

doi:10.5114/pcard.2021.108545

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Prenatal Cardiology

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Case report

Fetal autoimmune myocarditis and complete heart block – a case report

Julia Murlewska

¹

,

Magdalena Szlagor

²

,

Maria Respondek-Liberska

^{1, 3}

Department of Prenatal Cardiology, Polish Mother’s Memorial Hospital, Research Institute, Lodz, Poland
Students’ Prenatal Cardiology Team, Medical University of Lodz, Poland
Department for Fetal Malformation Diagnoses and Prevention, Medical University of Lodz, Poland

Prenat Cardio 2021; 11(1): 70–73

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/pcard.2021.108545

Online publish date: 2021/08/17

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The patient was referred for fetal echocardiographic examination at 25.3 weeks of pregnancy due to bradycardia. Third-degree atrioventricular block was diagnosed, and hydroxychloroquine, steroid, and antibiotic therapy, as well as plasmapheresis, were started due to confirmation of the presence of antinuclear Ro-52 and Ro-60 maternal antibodies. The occurrence of disseminated focal areas of myocarditis was confirmed.

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Fetal autoimmune myocarditis and complete heart block – a case report

Julia Murlewska 1 , Magdalena Szlagor 2 , Maria Respondek-Liberska 1, 3

fetal fibroelastosis, fetal heart block, fetal myocarditis, prenatal therapy

Julia Murlewska

¹

,

Magdalena Szlagor

²

,

Maria Respondek-Liberska

^{1, 3}